Improvement in tag-machines



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CHARLES HrCHAPMAN, OF SHIRLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSTGNOR TCA.;

i G. SNELL, OF SAME PLACE.

Lette/rs Patent 1Y0. 100,258, dated March 1, 1870.

IMEROVEMENT IN TAG- MACHINB The Schedule referred tojn these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. CHAPMAN, of

Shirley, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have'invented certain Improvements-in Machines for Making Paper Tags, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Objects of thc Invention.

General Description.

A B represent the principal frame, upon which a smalleradjustable frame, E El E2, slides.

This upper or smaller frame is adjusted by means of a screw, E5, and is. held in place by the thumb-clamp screw E6.

As this smaller frame carries the punching device D, the above adjustment is necessary to snit tags of dilferent widths.

. D Dl is the principal driving-shaft, which, acting through the bevel-gear at D2, operates the cam-shaft D, the revolution of which, acting through the cam D4, depresses the punch D,

A spur-gear at D2, operating through other spurgears not shown in'the drawings, revolves the shaft H, which, in its turn, acting through a bevel-gear, operates the shaft H1, to which is attached a wiper, H2, the function of this wiper H2 being t0 remove 'the small triangular pieces of card paper that are left by the cutter K.

K is a pitman, which serves to raise and lower the cutter or die K.'

This die K', working in combination with the socket or hollow die S, iig. 2,'serves to cut the tag into the required shape.

N is a slotted crank-arm, which operates the pitman N1, to whiclris attached a pawl, N2, and so arranged, inconnection with the ratchet-wheel C, that at each revolution ofthe crank N the. pawl N2 will -cause the ratchet-wheel to make a part revolution.

The amount of motion given to the ratchet-Wheel will depend upon the position that the upper end of i the pitman N2 has in the slot of the crank-arm N.

The ratchet-wheel Ca transmits its intermittent motion directly to the pair of) feeding-rollers C7, thence by gearing, as shown in g. 2, to the pair of feed-rolls C9, and by bevel-gear and shaft C1 to the rst set of feed-rollers, CG.

The three sets of feed-rollers, namely, C, C7, and C, are all of the same diameter, and all move with the same intermittent motion, and are each provided with yielding bands P 1, iig. 3, so that las the card paper rolls through them, that part of it which is folded, and consequently of double thickness, is not subjected to a greater pressure than the thinner part of the paper, which is in'contact with the unyielding portion of the rollers'. l

In fig. 2, L2 L1 are guides to direct andfold the paper las it passes from the roll C5 to the feed-rolls C?.

L Ll is formed as shown in the dra-wings, so that as the paper enters unfolded at L, its edge is turned up and finally bent back onto itself as it passes through the guide L1. The folding kup is caused by the peculiar shape of the passage in the guide L L1. v

The guide L2 and the guide c', on the roller C", are adjustable, to suit differentV lengths of tags.

M, g. 1, is a glue-tank, and is set upon an inclined base M1, upon which it slides, it being moved back and forth by the screw M2. This movement of theA glue-tank M on the incline base causes it toraise or lower, by which means the glue within it is adjusted to the surface ofthe glueing-wheel C".

glue-tank M. The upper end of the gauge restson the' periphery of the glue-wheel C, and is cut, as

shown inA the drawings, so that it will scrape off from the periphery of the wheel 'all the glue except two bands y y. These two bands of glue arc vtransferred to the tag.

AThe opera-tion of my machine may be set forth as followsz' The paper being cut to a width corresponding to the length of the tag, including the fold, is fed in through the rollers C C1, g.v 1, at which pointit is creased by the flange R to facilitate the folding, then passes over the roller C2 and over the glueing-wheel C, where the fold is glued, thence over the roller C5 through the folding guides L, L1, and L2, between the feed-rolls C6. Now, if the machine is started, the strip of paper glued and folded will Abe fed along by an intermittent motion and be punchedv at intervals corresponding to the width of the tag by the punch DS, after which it will pass through the pair of rollers CT and C9 and be fed to the cutting-die K', which cuts oi and thus completes the tag.

The small triangular piece of y waste made with each tag is removed by the wiper attached to H2.v

I claim, as my invention- 1. The adjustable sliding frame E El E2 in combination with the feeding-in device C6 Clo C70", substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. Combining with the sliding frame E El Ez the cam-.plate D5, cam D, and rod D, operating substantially a-s described and for the purpose set forth. l

3. Combining with the feed-rollers the yielding bands P, substantially as described and for the pupose set Jrtb.

4. The arrangement of the folding guide L L1, in combination with the yielding bands P P of the feed- Vrollers C, whereby the folded part of the tag is direoted onto the yielding part of the roll, operating substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

5. In combination with the tag-machine, the WiperV H2, operating substantially as described and for `the purpose set forth. Y

CEAS. H. CHAPMAN.

Witnesses FRANK G. PARKER, CHARLES SIMONDs. 

